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Forums -> Site related -> Cheating -> Games that may appear cheated, but isn't
Topic: Games that may appear cheated, but isn't
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Preface:
Games with low score (on MGS) are most often "spammy" in nature, so to not make this list too cluttered, these will not be included in this list.

There are many more games than the ones mentioned below, it is continually updated. Know any that were not mentioned? Comment it below.

STEAM

  • Gears 5
    may unlock achievements if you have played it previously on XBOX.

  • Mobius Final Fantasy
    has a save import function from Mobile (iOS/Android).

  • PAYDAY 2
    added many achievements sometime in 2017 that would unlock upon launching the game. Cross-reference their stats here: http://fbi.paydaythegame.com/suspect/{SteamID}

  • One Finger Death Punch
    unlocks achievements once exiting the game.

  • Faster Than Light
    added Steam achievements later on.

  • Halo: The Master Chief Collection
    appears to have achievements linked to the XBOX-version too.

  • STAR WARS™: The Old Republic™
    existed as a standalone prior to Steam release.

  • Geometry Dash
    has save import functionality.

  • Clicker Heroes
    has save import functionality.

  • The Horus Heresy: Legions
    has save import functionality from mobile.

  • War Thunder
    has stand-alone client.

  • Path of Exile
    has stand-alone client. (Can be cross-checked with website)




PLAYSTATION 5
  • Ghost of Tsushima
    has an import save function from your PS4 save.




Thanks to comments & suggestions by:
Magnus77
xzkutor
Njawl
Azure Fang
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Thank you all so much for your comments! I have added all your comments and suggestions to the initial post. (I have cleaned up the responses here to reduce clutter).

I realize it would be ridiculous to list ALL games, so I will limit this list to games with a significant amount of score.
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Continuing this for the time being.

We can't include everything here so if your game has a score less than 25,000, leave a comment on the game instead. Will still give you a "+1" for helping us.

In general: Most idle/clicker games and many online games can easily look cheated due to save file load or sync with other platforms or stand-alone client.

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[Xbox] Age of Empires: Definitive Edition – can sync achievements with an earlier version.

Bear With Me - Collector's Edition – can sync achievements with the original version.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth – can give achievements if you own the DLC Afterlife+

Construction Simulator 2015 – unlocks achievements once exiting the game.

No Place Like Home – added Steam achievements later on.

Paratopic – awards achievements after completing a playthrough.

Rainbow Six Extraction – has cross-save.

SMITE – can be played on multiple platforms.

Weather Lord: Following the Princess Collector's Edition – unlocks achievements once exiting the game.

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Crossplay games on PS3/Vita/PS4 can unlock achievements automatically if you have one of the other version's already.

List of known cases:

Spoiler

Big Sky Infinity
BlazBlue: Contiuum Shift Extend
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock
Foosball 2012
Metal Gear Solid 2 HD
Metal Gear Solid 3 HD
MotorStorm RC
Sly 4
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
Sound Shapes
StarDrone Extreme
Zen Pinball 2




(Thanks to Zehzin)

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List of high-valued clicker/idle games (50k+ score) with save import functionality:

Spoiler

Clicker Heroes
Cookie Clicker
Idle Slayer
Idling to Rule the Gods
Tap Tap Infinity
Tap Ninja
Wild West Saga (but this won't give you the unoptainable)




List of high-valued clicker/idle games without any save import functionality:

Spoiler

I believe Guild Quest is account bound.

Feel free to add if you know any




Thanks to comments by:
unkleEL
chili
Njawl
quietvertigo (x2)
Zehzin
Feziqx
Chibiace
Marexai
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Dragon Age: Inquisition (Possibly other EA games as well?)
https://metagamerscore.com/game/75064-dragon-age-inquisition

I owned it from the get-go on EA/Origin app, but I just got it for like... $7 CAN on Steam, when I linked EA to Steam, Steam collected every achievement I had earned prior on EA and marked them as complete Steam.
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4 games come to mind:
Antimatter dimensions (there is a way to import your save from mobile to steam, or at least used to when I did)
Infinitode 2 (cloud saves that are cross-platform)
Bloons td 5 and 6 (cloud saves)
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Just by starting the installation Steam gave me two achievemens for Age of Chivalry. It may have been a strange fluke (related to Steam changing over the years?) but it could happen to people that played it in the past. Both of them was related to a high amount of headshots in one game
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Centipede: Recharged.

Having playing the game on Epic the achivemenets was really easy to get. Most of them would unlock almost instantaneously from playing one game. Your progress and high scores are shared amongst platforms on PC it seems. I have to assume the rest of the Recharged series works the same
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I realize owning the same game on different platforms on PC can be a whole can of worms depending on how common it is for the games to share the same save game location. And since EA, Ubisoft and Epic’s platforms aren’t supported here it can be tricky to legitimize suspicious achievements done in honest
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Your progress and high scores are shared amongst platforms on PC it seems.




Not always. I got several games from Steam on GOG via the Connect feature, and I have Grim Dawn and The Wolf Among Us and neither synced up when I loaded them up on GOG for the first time.
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Interesting. Maybe it’s not that common
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It can happen, depends on a few factors I think.

Star Trek Timelines has a sign-in feature, so someone could play the mobile version and probably get the achievements on the Steam version that way.

Idle Champs however, is unique to platform; which I find unfortunate it doesn't have a way to log in like ST Timelines does.

I know some of the Epic freebies I have use the same files as their main platform variant if on the same PC/Console. The Sims 4 for example. It has no achievements to my knowledge, so this one has no effect on the issue we're discussing.

And of course, Dragon Age: Inquisition will sync up with it's EA variant because of it's force third-party app thing.
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Old School RuneScape
haz 3rd party account i logged in on the steam version on my account got most of them instantly. up on logging in
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